---
type: "Bill"
title: "Somerset County – Property Tax Exemption for Manufacturing Property – Eastern Shore Forest Products, Inc."
description: "Somerset County – Property Tax Exemption for Manufacturing Property – Eastern Shore Forest Products, Inc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 352"
citation: "Maryland SB 352 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carozza"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9736b58f-4052-4d00-8e22-3b118093f67f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0352?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "2719920095076b2edd2e3c9902b44ef2e2b026ab4f4e866408249403dc58a2e3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland SB 352 (2020) — Somerset County – Property Tax Exemption for Manufacturing Property – Eastern Shore Forest Products, Inc.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Somerset County – Property Tax Exemption for Manufacturing Property – Eastern Shore Forest Products, Inc.** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_318_sb0352e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Somerset County – Property Tax Exemption for Manufacturing Property – Eastern Shore Forest Products, Inc.** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0352e.pdf)
3. **First - Somerset County - Tax Exemption for Manufacturing Property - Duration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0352f.pdf)
4. **Third - Somerset County - Tax Exemption for Manufacturing Property - Duration** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0352t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading (Amend) — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On third reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carozza — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-23** First Reading Budget and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-01-28** Hearing canceled
- **2020-01-28** Hearing 2/05 at 2:00 p.m.
- **2020-02-07** Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-02-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-02-13** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-14** Hearing canceled
- **2020-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-15** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Passed Enrolled
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 318 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9736b58f-4052-4d00-8e22-3b118093f67f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).